2. VANDERBILTLast Week: 5-0. Overall: 16-1, 0-0 in SEC. (2-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-0.
The Commodores came from behind to win three of their five games on the week, including back—to-back victories in walk-off fashion in the final two games against UIC. Sr. C Curt Casali’s sixth-inning grand slam Friday helped Jr. RHP Sonny Gray (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K) improve to 4-0, 1.71 with a 36-9 K-BB mark in 26 innings. Closer Navery Moore, who has yet to give up an earned run this year in 10 innings over nine outings, got the win in each of the next two games, working a combined 2.2 scoreless. So. OF Mike Yastrzemski hit a walk-off RBI double in the 10th Saturday, while So. SS Anthony Gomez hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth Sunday. Gomez has played the last six games at short since Jason Esposito moved back to third base last weekend.RESULTS
March 8: Wofford: W 12-1
March 9: Kennesaw State: W 9-5
March 11-13: Illinois-Chicago: W 5-1, W 9-8 (10 innings), W 2-1UPCOMING
March 15: Purdue
March 18-20: Mississippi State

9. ARIZONA STATELast Week: 2-1. Overall: 11-3, 0-0 in Pac-10. (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
The Sun Devils won a quality road series at Auburn but missed a chance to sweep by squandering a late lead Sunday. Jr. OF Johnny Ruettiger (2-for-5, 3 RBI) and So. C Austin Barnes (3-for-4, 3 R, 2 2B) led a 15-hit attack Friday, as ASU came from behind with two in the ninth to win it. So. DH Joey DeMichele (5-for-5, 4 R) and Sr. OF Matt Newman (3-for-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI) spearheaded a 17-hit assault Saturday, as the Sun Devils broke a 5-5 tie with two runs in the seventh, then tacked on two more in the ninth. Jr. 1B Zach Wilson homered and drove in four Sunday to help the Devils build an 8-6 lead through seven, but Auburn rallied with four in the eighth inning against Jr. LHP Mitchell Lambson (2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER).RESULTS
March 11-13: @ Auburn: W 8-7, W 9-5, L 10-8UPCOMING
March 15-16: (3) Oklahoma
March 18-20: Oral Robert

11. ARIZONALast Week: 4-1. Overall: 13-3, 0-0 in Pac-10 (1-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-0.
The Wildcats posted their second straight 4-1 week by sweeping their second straight weekend series against a Division I independent team. So. OF Joey Rickard (3-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI) paced a 16-hit attack Friday in support of So. RHP Kurt Heyer (8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K). Rickard had four more hits and three more RBIs Saturday as part of a 20-hit barrage in support of Jr. RHP Kyle Simon (9 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K). So. 3B Seth Mejias-Brean had four hits in that one and four more Sunday, as So. RHP Tyler Hale (5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K) and two relievers held the Bears hitless over the final eight innings.RESULTS
March 8-9: @ Nevada-Las Vegas: W 12-1, L 9-7
March 11-13: Northern Colorado: W 11-1, W 12-4, W 2-1UPCOMING
March 15-16: @ Wichita State
March 19-21: San Francisco

12. STANFORDLast Week: 0-0. Overall: 6-5, 0-0 in Pac-10 (5-5 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-2.
The Cardinal took the week off for exams.RESULTS
No games (exams).UPCOMING
March 18-19: Michigan

13. CAL STATE FULLERTONLast Week: 0-3. Overall: 8-6, 0-0 in Big West. (2-4 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-1.
The Titans were swept in a three-game series for the first time since March of 2008 against Stanford. The Tigers erased a one-run deficit with four runs in the eighth Friday to chase Jr. RHP Noe Ramirez (7 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 9 K). The Titans erased a 6-2 deficit Saturday only to see LSU win it with a run in the eighth against So. RHP Dylan Floro. The Titans had as many errors (four) as hits Sunday, and Jr. RHP Colin O’Connell (1.1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K) took his first loss of the year. The lone bright spot was the return of Sr. RHP Ryan Ackland, who gave up just one hit in two scoreless innings in his first appearance since May of 2009, before he was sidelined by arm surgery.RESULTS
March 11-13: @ (16) Louisiana State: L 7-6, L 7-6, L 10-2UPCOMING
March 15: @ (21) Texas A&M
March 18-20: Washington

16. CLEMSONLast Week: 0-4. Overall: 7-6, 0-3 in ACC. (1-5 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-2.
Clemson’s miserable week started with a loss to rival South Carolina in a heated midweek rubber game, and ended with a sweep at the hands of Virginia, which is now 17-4 against Clemson since 2004. Jr. RHP Scott Weismann (6.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER) took the loss Friday, as the Tigers were shut out on five hits. Clemson made four errors Saturday, helping Virginia come back from a three-run deficit in the final two innings. Jr. RHP David Haselden (2.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER) started in place of injured Kevin Brady on Sunday and took the loss.RESULTS
March 8: vs. (4) South Carolina @ Greenville, S.C.: L 5-4
March 9: @ Western Carolina: PPD
March 11-13: (11) Virginia: L 5-0, L 8-7, L 7-6UPCOMING
March 16: vs. Presbyterian @ Greenville, S.C.
March 18-20: Duke

17. FRESNO STATELast Week: 3-1. Overall: 11-2, 0-0 in WAC (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
The Bulldogs won a road series for the second straight week, taking two out of three from Nebraska. Jr. RHP Derek Benny (1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER) had a short outing Friday, but Fresno surged ahead for good in a four-run fourth inning, highlighted by Jr. OF Brennan Gowens’ two-run double. Sr. RHP Greg Gonzalez (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 12 K) was brilliant in Saturday’s pitcher’s duel, during which both teams managed just three hits apiece. Nebraska did all its damage in a five-run third Sunday against Jr. LHP Tom Harlan.RESULTS
March 8: Cal State Bakersfield: W 9-2
March 11-13: @ Nebraska: W 8-5, W 1-0, L 5-4UPCOMING
March 17-20: Washington State

18. NORTH CAROLINALast Week: 3-2. Overall: 14-3, 1-2 in ACC (1-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 2-1.
UNC ran its winning streak to eight games before dropping the final two of its series at Wake Forest, which carried a 4-8 record into the weekend. The Tar Heels scored six runs in the fourth inning Friday to help Sr. RHP Patrick Johnson (5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K) improve to 3-0. So. RHP Chris Munnelly failed to record an out in Wake’s three-run first inning Saturday, and the Demon Deacons piled on against UNC’s bullpen. So. RHP Michael Morin (5.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER) was solid in a no-decision Sunday, but the Tar Heels left 10 men on base compared to Wake’s three, and the Deacs broke a 4-4 tie with a run in the eighth against Fr. LHP Kent Emanuel.RESULTS
March 8: Elon: W 16-0
March 9: St. John’s: W 8-1
March 11-13: @ Wake Forest: W 7-1, L 10-2, L 5-4UPCOMING
March 15: Princeton
March 18-20: @ Virginia Tech

21. TEXAS A&MLast Week: 3-1. Overall: 12-4, 0-0 in Big 12. (0-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 3-0.
The Aggies won a hard-fought series against Florida International, with two of the games going extra innings. Jr. RHP John Stilson (6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K) got a no-decision Friday, and the Aggies won it on Sr. SS Kenny Jackson’s walk-off RBI single in the 10th. So. RHP Michael Wacha (7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K) was strong in a no-decision Saturday, and the Aggies forced extra innings with a run in the eighth, but FIU got to closer Ross Stripling for a run in the 10th to win it. A&M trailed 5-2 heading into the seventh inning Sunday before rallying for six runs over the next two frames, capped by Jackson’s two-run homer in the eighth.RESULTS
March 8: Centenary: W 21-3
March 11-13: Florida International: W 6-5 (10 innings), L 2-1 (10 innings), W 8-5UPCOMING
March 15: (13) Cal State Fullerton
March 18-20: @ (3) Oklahoma

22. TULANELast Week: 2-1. Overall: 11-4, 0-0 in CUSA (0-0 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 4-0.
Even without injured RHPs Randy LeBlanc and Robby Broach, Tulane’s pitching carried it to its fourth straight series win. Sr. RHP Conrad Flynn (7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K) earned his first victory of the season Friday, and the bullpen held off Wichita’s late rally. Both teams mustered just three hits apiece in Saturday’s pitching duel, and So. RHP Kyle McKenzie (7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K) came out on the wrong side of it, as Wichita’s Tim Kelley (9 IP, 0 R) made a first-inning run stand up. Sr. RHP Drew Zizinia (5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K) was very strong in his first career start Sunday, and the Green Wave won it on So. OF Blake Crohan’s walk-off homer in the 11th.RESULTS
March 8: @ Louisiana-Monroe: CCD
March 11-13: Wichita State: W 6-5, L 1-0, W 3-2 (11 innings)UPCOMING
March 15: Southeastern Louisiana
March 16: Alcorn State
March 18-20: New Orleans

25. RICELast Week: 2-3. Overall: 10-8, 0-0 in CUSA. (3-5 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 1-1.
For the fifth straight year, Rice posted a losing weekend in California in pre-conference play (they had lost series at Stanford, Cal Poly, Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton over the last four seasons). Fr. RHP Austin Kubitza (6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K) pitched well in defeat Friday, as Long Beach State ace Andrew Gagnon (8 IP, 6 H, 1 ER) shut down the Owls. Rice made five errors Saturday, as the bullpen coughed up a 6-2 lead after six innings and California’s ‘pen held the Owls scoreless for the final 10 innings, until the Bears pushed across a run in the 15th. So. RHP Chase McDowell (9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) went the distance against UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, as the Owls came from behind to tie the game in the eighth and win it in the ninth.RESULTS
March 8: Sam Houston State: L 7-0
March 9: Florida International: W 10-2
March 11-13: @ AT&T Tournament, San Francisco:
Long Beach State: L 2-1
(20) California: L 7-6 (15 innings)
UC Santa Barbara: W 2-1UPCOMING
March 16: Dallas Baptist
March 18-20: Louisiana Tech